Legend has it that AT&T, when asked to submit a proposal on expanding the early version of the Internet during the 80’s, said “Why would we build our direct competitor?”. AT&T then spent the next 20 years missing what the consumer wanted, and found itself stripped of its greatest assets, for sale on the auction block.

The new AT&T, bolstered by its acquisition of BellSouth, now stands ready to do to the Internet what the Internet did to it — break it apart, piece by piece until the Internet no longer serves a meaningful purpose to business or consumers.

SB 120 is in the House Rules committee. Call Earl Erhart — tell him you don’t appreciate corporate America lying to you. And, you don’t think destroying the Internet is how you compete in the 21st century.